A Year of Change

In less than an hour Lori should be on the road to the airport for her 9am flight home. I’ll leave about 9am too for Denver and we should both be at the airport in Denver at the same time. Ty and I had a good day and night just hanging out. He’s been super helpful with cleaning and the dogs for the past four days.

No snow up here although it looks a bit cloudy over the mountains. Warm weather is coming next week with temperatures in the 60’s in Denver meaning 5 or 10 degrees cooler up here. It’ll be a welcome change.

We have a new vaccine approved, Johnson and Johnson. It’s only one shot and apparently has less issues. I’ll watch it a bit but if I have to get one to fly or something, this will be my choice. J & J also made the Ebola vaccine and it’s the same type of vaccine (and actual vaccine that uses a bit of the virus) rather than a mRNA shot.

Now here’s a good bit of news, The Golden Globes and the Hollywood Foreign Press Association are being sued for discrimination and having zero of its 87 members be black! I love it! Hollywood who is ultra liberal and leads the cancel culture movement being sued by Hollywood! Now this I support, let’s cancel Hollywood! In all seriousness, I’m thinking of starting a website called the Anti-Cancel Culture for the half of the Country (probably more) that is sick and tired of all this bullshit. Even the liberal HBO host Bill Mahr says it’s all bullshit and needs to stop. It will as soon as the people doing all the “cancelling” get cancelled which is starting to happen as you can see from the example above. What’s hard to believe is how this all happened so fast. None of this was around a year ago. Look how far we’ve come, time to reverse course. Enough said.

Guess I’ll get going. I’m washing the sheets now and have the last load of Ty’s laundry to finish up. man that kid can go through clothes. No breakfast today as I’m into fasting these days. I found a great book called Eat Stop Eat. I’ve been into intermittent fasting for a while but this is more specific and structured. We (Lori and I) have had food issues forever, probably our whole lives as have most people. This book gets to the root cause and changes the way you look and think about food. Anyhow once every five days or so I do a 24 hour fast. I started todays at 3:30 yesterday afternoon so no food until 3:30 this afternoon. All kinds of health benefits to this and I’m not hungry at all. Again this isn’t about food but how people obsess about food. Or about how we do anyhow. Bottom line to lose weight and stay in shape is eat less. Whatever works for each of us, right.

Make it a great day, be well, stay safe and God Bless. Here’s our firepit! It’s larger than it looks, can’t wait to get it up and running!

I was sleeping in today until Lori called at 6:40. I guess she was up early around 4:30 with Dixie. It’s snowing outside right now with about an inch on the ground. It is going to warm up next week though so we have that to look forward to.

Yesterday I headed out to Aspen around 9:45 and was back by 1. I spent the day wrapping the month up and had one of the best months in a year selling wine. Looks like public sentiment is trending in the right direction. I saw on the news that people over 60 can go get the shot this week. Still on the fence. Lori has an itch and rash on her back from when she had her second shot. Still a lot of unknowns.

Ty cleaned his room and did a really good job. Around 6 he and I drove to Edwards to get some food to go. We were going to go for sushi but they were booked. We’re hanging close to home today as tomorrow I’m off to pick up Lori.

The government is crazy right now. The House passed what they call a covid relief bill this morning that only spends 9% of the $1.9 Trillion dollars on covid. It’s a wish list for liberal States passed by liberal democrats. Sadly our kids will have to pay the bill unless they just keep printing money. Problem with that is it devalues our dollar which is why eggs are $7 a dozen verses .62 cents in 1970! That’s a big wow if you didn’t get it. Gold is crashing which is opposite of what it should be with the Dow Jones crashing 1000 points in 48 hours. If you don’t know by now, it’s all a shell game. Hope you have a seat when the music stops!

Our firepit is almost done. Monday the gas and electric gets hooked up. We’ve been working on this since last July. It’ll be great next week when it’s up and running. Nice touch for the house. Speaking of the house, our value has gone up somewhere between $500K and $1 Million dollars, unbelievable. The problem is if you sell there’s no where to go as everything has gone up. So it’s not real money unless you sell.

Time to get moving. Mojo made a mess in the garage and I’ve already cleaned it up. Harley sleeps inside these days but Mojo sleeps in his bed in the garage as he has accidents in the night from time to time, like last night.

March 1st Monday! Whoo hoo, only another month until is really warms up, hopefully. Take care, God Bless.

Lori has been gone one night, two more to go. The drive wasn’t as bad as the news made it out to be, surprise surprise. Most of the snow was down south of Denver in the Littleton area. We made it on time and of course Lori’s flight was late taking off. I made it home around 4 after multiple stops including dropping Jag’s suit to him. He had two parties last night, one at a frat and another at a sorority. He has another frat party tonight as Rush is going on and about three different frats want Jag to join.

It’s 5:30 in the morning and I must have woke up early from waking up early yesterday. I’ll head to the gym and then am off to Aspen to pick up Lori’s bag which was being repaired and a pair of Ty’s pants that came in.

I’m super excited as I’m getting a new Leica camera. My buddy Toby is the Leica rep and he arranged for me to get this as a gift. Now this is not just a camera. It’s the M10-P which is just the body but these things sell for a whopping $7800! I don’t know how he did it. I thought maybe it’s a sample but the lady in New York at the corporate headquarters told me it’d be 2 to 4 weeks until the next shipment comes in from Germany. I need to get a lens but have a buddy that sells them who also deals in handmade knives and I’m going to trade about four knives for the lens. Toby and I have done a lot of business for years buying and selling guns as before he became the Leica rep he ran the Cabela’s Gun Libraries. I had mentioned how I like them and next thing I knew he sent me a text saying to contact this lady in New York, wow! I ordered a couple of books off of Amazon to learn how to work it but apparently it’s old school and pretty simple. Excited! I saw him yesterday and he gave me a prayer card of some Saint who is the Patron Saint of hunters. He’s catholic.

Just finished my coffee and miss Lori already. She has Annette and Serena coming over to Dixie’s today which is great. Too bad we don’t all live closer. Time to go to the gym. make it a great day and God Bless.

It’s 5:30 am and we are up and getting ready to get Lori to the airport. Snowy and slow roads most of the way to Denver. Waze, the app on my phone, says we can make the trip in 2 hours and 34 minutes which is only 34 minutes extra. We’re leaving an hour earlier than normal though just to be safe.

Once I drop Lori I have to go to Park Meadows and then after a stop in Cherry Creek , head up to Longmont before going through Boulder to drop Jag his suit for some frat party. Ty will stay home with the dogs today. We only have about an inch up here. So, time to get moving. More on the snow tomorrow, GB.

Was in and out of Denver by 10. Home by a bit after noon. Ty was with the dogs and Lori was out until about 10pm. Today I’m home and Lori is in Frisco. A little snow tonight but mostly in Denver. Jag had a late lunch with a girl from California that apparently he’s going to have as a roommate next year. Looks like he’s staying at CU.

Ty has his last Wednesday of school today and I’ll drop him at 8 before heading over to the gym. Tomorrow Lori goes to her moms.

Ali posted she had her vaccine yesterday. We’re happy for her. Looks like things are settling down across the Country, thank God. Time to get Ty moving so that’s it, be well, stay safe and GB.

Made it to Boulder by 9:30, dropped stuff to Jag and headed to Denver to return something for Lori and then met Tina for lunch to go over a marketing plan for 65 spas nationwide. Then I was on the road home. Lori picked up Ty as I went home to let the dogs out.

I’m off to Denver this morning for one more quick trip to meet a buddy and drop some supplies. Lori is working in Vail and then has a dinner with two doctors and some company representatives at 6 at the base of Beaver Creek.

By the way, the $2 Trillion dollar package the Dems are pushing has almost nothing to do with covid, check it out as they’re bankrupting our kids future. Hope you like funding transit systems for Pelosi and libraries for Schumer and bailing out Chicago pensions. Tons of wasted money placating all the dem pet projects. Unbelievable, makes me sick.

I should be home by 1 or 2 if all goes well. Time to get moving so I can get on the road. Hope everyone is well, God Bless.

I’m off in an hour to meet Jag and then have a quick meeting before heading home. Last week of February, Spring is coming soon, thankfully. Lori has an admin day and Ty has school.

Yesterday Harley had some more training here at the house with Jennifer. They played ball outside and Harley ignored Jennifer and was relaxed and let her play ball too. Jennifer (our trainer) says it’s not about the ball but about trust. She’s doing much better being around people and hopefully soon will be able to let people come over without barking at them. She’s so smart.

Almost 6:30 so time to get moving. Nice up here. Snow Wednesday and Thursday according to the news. Could be heavy. Hope they’re wrong as Lori flies out Thursday.

Be well, God Bless.

Yesterday was a trip back to Aspen to get Ty’s haircut and have some lunch and a bit of shopping. We were home by 4 and had fun. Ty had a great haircut and took off with Sonny to go to a party in Vail and then spend the night at Sonny’s. It snowed pretty good but there’s less than an inch on the ground. The way it was coming down you’d think there would be a foot.

Looks like the State has over 30 million unused covid tests as people are no longer wanting to get tested or as worried as they were a few months ago. A doctor from John Hopkins said this will all be pretty much over in April as he believes herd immunity will kick in. Hope he’s right! In Aspen the restaurants and stores were packed with no real social distancing going on. Hopefully this is all coming to an end.

We’re off to the gym this morning in a bit. We watched a really good movie last night on Amazon called Brittany. It was one of those that tackled real life uncomfortable issues. This was about an overweight girl and her life and journey to find happiness and stop being judgmental of everything and everyone around here, including herself which was the most profound thing in the movie. When they rolled the credits at the end it turned out to be a true story as they showed the real Brittany. Nice to see a movie that actually makes you think in a positive way.

Jag is doing fine. He has a bunch of fraternity’s that want him. One asked him to do something the equivalent of early decision or ED when applying to college meaning he agrees to only rush with them. I guess frats put out bids or something for prospective pledges. He is also having lunch with a prospective roommate for next year. it’s a girl he met on a Zoom call and said he already laid down the rules of any relationship telling her it has to be 100% plutonic if they’re roommates. So maybe he’ll be staying at CU after all. I’m in Boulder tomorrow and am stopping by to drop him some food and see him.

Pretty blue sky outside without a cloud to be seen. We had some lobster the other day from Costco and it was cheap and really good. Thinking about getting some more today. Harley is training with Jennifer and Lori at 2 this afternoon. I’ll be writing up some white papers on a couple new business opportunities, one for Jag with an Italian company that makes surf boards, stand up paddle boards, windsurfing boards, clothes and more, and one that makes steel planters and outdoor items with a buddy. As I always say, everyone needs a side hustle these days.

God Bless.

Lori and I worked most of the day and at 2 ran into Vail to see Jeri Lu, our doctor. We know just about every doctor in town but she’s our favorite. Lori is convinced that from my ear infection, I caught a secondary sinus infection that is the cause of all my problems which is still with me. She’s usually right and Jeri Lu agreed with her so I’m on a round of Augmentin which is a pretty strong antibiotic so I can finally kick this thing. Throw in some nose spray for allergies and I should be good. My dizziness is pretty much all gone too so that’s good.

Snow coming tonight but before it arrives we’re headed back to Aspen as Ty has a haircut. It’s about an hour closer than Denver and takes us about an hour to get there. The same distance as Frisco. We’ll grab some lunch and try to find some clothes on sale for Ty since he’ll be with us. Lori also wants to stop at a furniture store in Basalt.

We closed the day with a Costco trip where we bought about $500 worth of essentials including a bunch of food for Jagger that I’ll drop off Monday. Jag and I were meeting up yesterday in Frisco but decided to just wait until Monday since I have to go down then anyhow. He wants his retainer that I picked up from the orthodontist as his other one cracked.

That’s it. Hope everyone is well. Lori is off to California next Thursday to see Dixie. Hope the weather cooperates. Be well, God Bless.

Lori and I headed out to Aspen a bit after 10. First up was a stop at Aspen Hatter, where Clarity had a couple hats ready for us. She’s super great and even though they sell hats for $1200 a pop and have a four month or more wait, she drops everything for us and best of all, they’re always free to us. We’ve known her and Chris, the absentee owner who’s now a budding country rock star since he signed with a record label a couple of years ago, for years. I take Clarity feathers from birds when I go hunting and she uses them all the time on hats. I’ve also referred or brought in probably 10 paying customers for hats. She also calls me for business advice as with Chris pursuing his music career I’ve been guiding her on how to take over a bit and at a minimum, get some ownership as he’d be lost without her. She’s a good little hippie girl from New York that moved out her years ago when her dad moved here. She wanted to make us these as they’re unique as she left the fur from the beaver on. Most all cowboy hats they burn or sand off the fur. When Robi and Robert get up here we’ll have to take Robert in and get him hooked up! They’re nice, especially Lori’s. Check them out!

Lori is so cute! Next up we were off to our favorite restaurant Clarks. It’s mostly fresh seafood flown in daily but they do have great burgers too. It’s great that restaurants are almost all the way open now. Then we headed over to see Chris at Ralph Lauren as they had some things on sale and Lori always needs work clothes. If you’re smart, you can really get some things at Polo cheap. She bought a nice blue sweater and a white pair of jeans. Chris brought in a leather motorcycle type jacket for me to try on as it went on sale. He’s always watching for things to go on sale for us. I didn’t need another leather jacket though so I passed. Then he said wait a minute and disappeared downstairs as they were getting ready for inventory. He came back with a beautiful chocolate brown Purple Label jacket and said this is getting marked down 70% and I had to try it on. Now Purple Label is expensive stuff and Polo’s top of the line (dad and mom used to wear it a lot) so 70% off is something to consider. I slipped it on and voila, it felt like butter and like it was custom made for me. So we looked at each other and even though I’m kind of a cowboy boot and coat whore, it went home with us.

Across the street was a boutique furniture store we stuck our head in. They had all kinds of cool unique stuff but way out of our price range. We just can’t justify $3000 end tables or a $6000 leather bench in white leather and wood. The stuff was beautiful but way too much money. I joked with Lori saying those sure are Aspen prices, we need to know what the Eagle prices are!

After a quick pit stop at Whole Foods we headed home and pulled in around 6. Ty and the dogs were waiting for us and we all had a quick bite to eat. Jag was at the gym as we talked to him on the way home.

Today Lori has some girl coming over for work and we’re headed to the gym. Ty had friends coming up but that’s off now. 7 am so time to get moving. Be well, safe and take care. Warm up here again considering. About 35 degrees.

God Bless